30 Jul 2015

GATE 2016: General Aptitude Syllabus Common to all

This syllabus Common to all the branches in GATE 2016Syllabus for General Aptitude (GA)(COMMON TO ALL PAPERS)Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word groups,instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.Numerical Ability: Numerical computation, numerical estimation, numerical reasoning and datainterpretation.Sample QuestionsVerbal AbilityQ.1. Choose the appropriate answer to complete the following sentence:To those of us who had always thought him timid, his --------- came as a surprise.(A) intrepidity (B) inevitability (C) inability (D) inertnessAns. (A)Q.2. Choose the appropriate answer to complete the following sentence:Medicine is to illness as law is to _________(A) discipline (B) anarchy (C) treason (D) etiquetteAns. (B)Q.3. Read the following paragraph :“The ordinary form of mercury thermometer is used for temperature ranging from –40oF to500oF. For measuring temperature below –40oF, thermometers filled with alcohol are used.These are, however, not satisfactory for use in high temperatures. When a mercury thermometeris used for temperature above 500oF, the space above the mercury is filled with some inert gas,usually nitrogen or carbon dioxide, placed in the thermometer under pressure. As the mercuryrises, the gas pressures is increased, so that it is possible to use these thermometers fortemperatures as high as 1000oF.”With what, besides mercury, would a thermometer be filled if it was designed to be usedfor measuring temperature of about 500oF?(A) Pyrometer (B) Inert gas (C) Iron and brass (D) GasAns. (B)Q.4. The cost of manufacturing tractors in Korea is twenty percent less than the cost ofmanufacturing tractors in Germany. Even after transportation fees and import taxes are added, itis still cheaper to import tractors from Korea to Germany than to produce tractors in Germany.Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?(A) Labour costs in Korea are twenty percent below those in Germany.(B) Importing tractors into Germany will eliminate twenty percent of the manufacturing jobs inGermany.(C) The costs of transporting a tractor from Korea to Germany is more than twenty percentofthe cost of manufacturing the tractor in Korea.(D) The import taxes on a tractor imported from Korea to Germanyis less than twentypercentof the cost of manufacturing the tractor in Germany.Ans. (D)Numerical AbilityQ.5. In a survey, 3/16 of the people surveyed told that they preferred to use publictransportwhile commuting daily to office. 5/8 of the people surveyed told that theypreferred to use theirown vehicles. The remaining 75 respondents said thatthey had no clear preference. How manypeople preferred to use publictransport?(A) 75 (B) 100 (C) 125 (D) 133Ans. (A)